The flight from Hell
By Adam Uren From This is Money Daily Mail UK Four-day return home from Caribbean after fault that the PILOT says ‘would have led to a watery grave’ Flight MON368 from Tobago took nearly four days to reach Gatwick after…
North America and the Caribbean – Human Rights
From Office of the High Commissioner on Human Rights Countries of engagement Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Canada, Dominica, Grenada, Guyana, Haiti, Jamaica, St Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, St Vincent and Grenada, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago and the United…
Men’s CFU Caribbean Cup 2014 Group Draw
From CFU Kingston, Jamaica – The Caribbean Football Union (CFU) is proud to announce the group stages of the Men’s Caribbean Cup 2014. The Caribbean Cup is the flag ship tournament of the CFU as the tournament displays some of…
Caribbean fertility rates low
By Joshua Surtees From Guardian Media The assumption that the Caribbean is a hotbed of fertility is a fallacy, local experts say. Rising teenage pregnancies and large families with up to ten children can give a false picture of a…
CARICOM chairman to address reparations forum
By Nelson A. King From Caribbean Life Current Caribbean Community (CARICOM) chairman and St. Vincent and the Grenadines’ Prime Minister Dr. Ralph Gonsalves will present the keynote address this month at an international forum on reparations for slavery in the…
SMILE!
SMILE! Diver taking pictures of life underwater gets photobombed by a grinning shark in the Bahamas By Julian Robinson From Daily Mail UK Shark swims into shot as photographer Jeffrey Haines takes snaps of diver Inquisitive lemon shark bares its teeth…
Op-Ed: Green energy solutions could save the Caribbean $200M
By Jun Zhang Op-Ed Contributor From Caribbean Journal High energy costs are the Achilles heel of the Caribbean. More than 97 percent of this region’s electricity is generated from fossil fuels and many islands devote a hefty portion of their…
Free ‘NYC’ condoms are being smuggled into the Dominican Republic and sold illegally for cash
By Erin Durkin New York Daily News The taxpayer-funded condoms, distributed for free across the five boroughs under a city Health Department program since 2007, are popping up in stores in the Caribbean country at cheaper prices than other condom…
CCRIF expands scholarship programme
Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands, April 8, 2013 – The Caribbean Catastrophe Risk Insurance Facility (CCRIF) has expanded its scholarship programme to include Caribbean universities – in addition to those in the United States, United Kingdom and Canada, previously available under…
